Butterfly Haven, Inc.

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Butterfly Haven, Inc.

What is Butterfly Haven?

Butterfly Haven, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, serving the greater St. Louis area’s children impacted by foster care, adoptive families, as well as children and families in crisis. Butterfly Haven's staff are all volunteers who love our Community and have a heart for children and families who are in need.

Every child deserves to feel cared for and thought of, and Butterfly Haven strives to meet the needs of children in a thoughtful, personal way that will make a lasting impact.

When Butterfly Haven is notified of a child who is transitioning to foster care, a care bag is assembled for that child that includes things like toiletries, coloring books, a stuffed animal, any other things depending on the age of the child. These items come in a suitcase or backpack, so the child knows that anything in that bag goes with them no matter where they end up. This is one of many ways Butterfly Haven strives to help each child feel safe and secure.

Butterfly Haven fills an important need in the community by equipping foster families so they can focus on the children in their care.

Taking a whole-family approach, the organization provides a network of support to foster and adoptive families by connecting individuals and offering resources that will help these families navigate licensing agencies and state requirements. In addition, Butterfly Haven helps to connect families in crisis by connecting individuals who need crisis care for their children to agencies who can provide that care.

Butterfly Haven helps provide things like beds, dressers, clothes, shoes, coats, diapers, formula, and other items for children as they are placed in a new foster situation or as they obtain permanency.

The goal is to ease the transition by taking away some of the worry out of meeting the physical needs of the child so the child and parent can focus on getting home, settled, and bonding. Moments like these matter. The less chaos, the better it is for the child.

Butterfly Haven endeavors to make a positive impact on the Fostering Community by providing opportunities such as birthday parties, potlucks, a Christmas Event, Annual Pumpkin Patch outings, Back to School Events, an Easter Event, Respite Days, Family Experiences, a private Community just for Foster families and so much more. Butterfly Haven believes in #MakingMomentsMatter in the lives of children and families impacted by Foster Care.

Helping Families

“. . .Butterfly Haven has provided resources and a network of foster families with much more experience that have proven to be very valuable.”

“They (those involved in Butterfly Haven) helped me be a better parent by educating me about common issues with the children in my care.”

“The encouragement has been phenomenal. I do not think I would have made it this far or long without them.”

"Butterfly Haven gives me a sense of belonging. No one understands our struggles the way other foster parents do.”

Butterfly Haven’s mission is to enrich

the lives of children in foster and crisis situations.

Your donation and support of Butterfly Haven, Inc. is tax deductible. Your financial gift of $5, $10, $20 or more will help us reach even more children in foster care and crisis situations and the families who care for them.

Please contact us to see how you can get involved in helping make fostering positive.

Butterfly Haven, Inc. is staffed completely by volunteers. Because of this, our resources are available by evening and weekend appointment only.

We do our very best to respond to all messages and referrals as quickly as we possibly can. Please allow us 24-48 hours to respond to your communication. If you have not received a response after 48 hours, please try to contact us again.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to make a positive impact on the fostering and crisis care communities.